› Size of high-rise in Tampa's arts district under dispute [Tampa Bay Times] At 36 stories, would the Residences at the Riverwalk be too massive for Tampa's arts district? "This building is too big … is just not suitable," said trustee Don E. Jones Jr., one of several to say the tower would be out of scale next to the Straz Center, John F. Germany Public Library and Tampa Museum of Art.

› Businesses, nonprofits launch drives for back-to-school supplies in South Florida [South Florida Sun Sentinel] A group of South Florida businesses and nonprofits are trying to lighten the load for low-income families by collecting school supplies or money to buy them. The supplies will be distributed through such nonprofit groups as the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County and Community Back to School Bash in Palm Beach County, among others.

› Orlando's existing-home price breaks $150K for 1st time since 2008[Orlando Sentinel] June's median sale price of an existing home was $153,000 in Orlando's core market, which is up 5.4 percent from May and 22.4 percent from June 2012, the association said. In May, the median price rose 3.1 percent from April and 23 percent from 12 months earlier.